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Enjoy life. Make waves!
After three consecutive days of rain, we’ve had three consecutive days of absolute beauty. THIS is the San Diego that I’ve come to know and love, especially since lots of sunshine lets me get out and...
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Peace in Ocean Beach
One of the more eclectic neighborhoods of San Diego is Ocean Beach. It’s a time warp right out of the ’60s. It’s fun to go there because it’s a beach, of course, and it’s one of the best places to...
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From here to infinity
One of my favorite types of architecture is what I call “infinity architecture.” Here’s an example that I recently came across on the campus of the University of San Diego: As you can see, “infinity...
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Stairs to the birdhouse
From a photo shoot this morning in a private garden. Click on the picture for a huger version. Need a unique gift? Anniversary? Birthday? Graduation? Marriage? Choose Photographic Art by Russel Ray...
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I felt honored
The Pacific Photographic Society (PPS) to which I belong is a Meetup group. That’s how I found out about it. After each event—and we have billions and billions of events!—each event attendee is allowed...
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Just relax in your favorite spot
Moving starts in earnest on Friday although preparations have been ongoing for a couple of weeks now. What that means is that I’ll continue to post daily but posts will be shorter. You’re probably not...
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It’s “Purple Season” in San Diego!
People like to say that we have no seasons in San Diego. I beg to differ. In fact, we have more seasons than most areas of the world: December 1-January 15—Rainy season January 1-December 31—Flower...
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It’s all in the clouds
On April 30, 1993, the weather guy on TV announced that San Diego had not had even a trace of rain for three consecutive months. I thought to myself, “I could live here” even though I had only been...
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Is there enough room?
Quite often when I’m out and about I’ll find something of beauty that seems to be ruined by the reality around it. Something like this: Or this: I don’t know anyone who condones trash and litter, but...
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The beauty comes right after the ugly
And on the eighth day, God created Photoshop. I have never owned a fish-eye lens. There’s just something about the distorted pictures they produce that I don’t like. I do realize that they have their...
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Where’s my mommy?
It’s been a record-breaking year for SeaWorld, but sometimes you don’t want to see records broken. As is the case here. It’s been a record-breaking year for the SeaWorld Rescue Teams rescuing stranded,...
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….fires….sinkings….things like that
I have always wanted to go on a cruise, until recently when so many problems have been happening on cruise ships…. losing power out in the ocean and having to be towed to San Diego by the Coast Guard…....
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I’m not back full time, but she is
We met our deadline of being out of the old home by midnight on June 4. Unfortunately I made myself quite sick. There was 8 years of dander, dust mites, and such in that place. I have vowed never...
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Reach out and I’ll be there
It’s no secret that cats like sunshine and Zoey the Cool Cat is no exception. In our old home there wasn’t much sunshine because of the overhang of the roof eaves and the mature eucalyptus and pine...
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This junk is for sale!
When I moved to Houston in May 1977 after four years at Texas A&M University, a friend (I’ll call him Thad since his name was Thad) and I started a company called “Yesterday’s Treasures.”...
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Happy Father’s Day!
Need a unique gift? Anniversary? Birthday? Graduation? Marriage? Choose Photographic Art by Russel Ray Photos at Fine Art America. Filed under: Adobe, Cats, Digital photo editing, Fauna, Manmade,...
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San Diego County Fair
I left at 5:00 this morning to go up north (defined as anything north of Interstate 8) and meet with the Pacific Photographic Society to take a 2-hour tour of the Encina Wastewater Treatment Facility....
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Mardi Gras, New Orleans, 1995
Moving is like archaeology. You’ll discover things that you never knew you had or that had been lost for years, maybe even decades. Which reminds me of a home inspection I did many years ago for an...
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Sadly, she sits on dry land
Imagine living in an area that has been a navy stronghold for a century. Imagine living in an area that has one of the world’s largest maritime museums. Imagine living in an area where big boats are...
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I know where you’ve been and what you like!
Many decades ago, the summer after high school, two friends—Larry and Jaime—and I took a 3-month tour of the land west of the Mississippi River. We stopped at the Royal Gorge in Colorado, parked in the...
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